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Jerry DeMarco

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jdemarco@dailyvoice.com

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Police & Fire
Troubled Man Enters Paterson Police HQ With Shirt On Fire Troubled Man Enters Paterson Police HQ With Shirt On Fire
Troubled Man Enters Paterson Police HQ With Shirt On Fire An emotionally disturbed man walked into Paterson police headquarters with his shirt on fire, responders said. A desk officer at the Frank X. Graves Public Safety complex on Broadway quickly extinguished the fire and summoned EMS following the incident around 1 a.m. Monday, they said. The man’s condition couldn’t immediately be determined. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Police & Fire
Open Season: One Dead, Four Wounded In Paterson East Side Shootings Open Season: One Dead, Four Wounded In Paterson East Side Shootings
Open Season: One Dead, Four Wounded In Paterson East Side Shootings A 42-year-old Paterson man was killed and four other people wounded in a trio of shootings on the city's east side over less than 36 hours. That makes roughly 80 people struck by gunfire in the Silk City this year – 16 of whom have died. Nearby uniformed officers who heard the sound of gunshots found the body of James Timmons in the street on Rosa Parks Boulevard near Franklin Street around 10:45 p.m. Simmons was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora sa…

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Bergenfield Man, 57, Drowns At Ramapo Reservation In Mahwah Bergenfield Man, 57, Drowns At Ramapo Reservation In Mahwah
Bergenfield Man, 57, Drowns At Ramapo Reservation In Mahwah A rescue mission turned into a recovery after a Bergenfield man drowned early Saturday night in the upper lake at the Ramapo Valley Reservation in Mahwah. The victim was reported missing about an hour after he was last seen, responders said. A Mahwah police drone located the body, as various police, firefighters and dive teams converged on the scene. Mahwah and Parsippany divers retrieved his body just offshore. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit was notified.  Authorities also summoned the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau …

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News
‘It’s F—king Showtime,’ Owner Says After Judge Rules Against Gym That Defied COVID Closure ‘It’s F—king Showtime,’ Owner Says After Judge Rules Against Gym That Defied COVID Closure
‘It’s F—king Showtime,’ Owner Says After Judge Rules Against Gym That Defied COVID Closure The owners of a South Jersey gym found in contempt of court by a judge for ignoring state coronavirus lockdown orders vowed to stay inside the facility and resist any efforts to close it down. ”It’s f--king showtime,” Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith said. “We are not backing down.” Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy ordered Smith and co-owner Frank Trumbetti to pay legal fees and court costs on Friday in Camden after finding them in contempt. Lougy authorities the state Health Department to “place locks on the doors … or otherwise construct or place barriers" to guarantee compliance with stat…

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Point Pleasant Woman With Young Daughter Charged With Downloading Child Porn Point Pleasant Woman With Young Daughter Charged With Downloading Child Porn
Point Pleasant Woman With Young Daughter Charged With Downloading Child Porn A Point Pleasant woman with a young daughter was jailed after authorities said they caught her with child pornography on her cellphone. Lisa (Moffett) Cuervo, 24, remained held Saturday in the Ocean County Jail, charged with possessing child pornography. The divorced Cuervo also was charged with having 17 marijuana plants that Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said were found during a warranted search of her home on Friday by members of his High Tech Crime Unit and Point Pleasant Borough police. Authorities also charged her with child endangerment “based upon the fact that her m…

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SWAT Team Captures Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Ambush Killing At Englewood Party SWAT Team Captures Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Ambush Killing At Englewood Party
SWAT Team Captures Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Ambush Killing At Englewood Party A SWAT team seized a violent Teaneck ex-con with a 25-year criminal history for orchestrating the fatal shooting of a Newark man at a house party in Englewood last month. Jamal "Mally" Robinson, 44, was captured in a rental car on Reade Street in Englewood on Friday in connection with the fatal June 20 shooting in the 100 block of 2nd Street, Bergen County Prosecutor’s Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti said Saturday. One of two victims who were shot before dawn that day, 43-year-old Douglas Perry of Newark, was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.…

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HEROES: Responders Rescue Victim Who Fell 40 Feet Down Palisades HEROES: Responders Rescue Victim Who Fell 40 Feet Down Palisades
Heroes: Responders Rescue Victim Who Fell 40 Feet Down Palisades Palisades Interstate Parkway police rescued a victim who fell 40 feet down the cliffs above the Hudson River on Saturday. The 43-year-old Brooklyn man was wearing sneakers with no treads when he slipped from an area known as Peanut Leap Falls and rolled down the mountain at the Rockland County border in Alpine shortly before 11:30 a.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Arriving by boat on the Hudson River, members of the department's Marine Services Bureau climbed 100 or so feet up the steep slope to the spot where the victim had fallen, Walter said. They gave immediate …

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Police: Former Lyndhurst Apartment Tenant From Hudson Returns As 'Porch' Pirate Police: Former Lyndhurst Apartment Tenant From Hudson Returns As 'Porch' Pirate
Police: Former Lyndhurst Apartment Tenant From Hudson Returns As 'Porch' Pirate A former Lyndhurst resident from Hudson County returned to swipe packages delivered to several tenants at his old apartment complex, said authorities who arrested him. Juan Cuartas, 42, of West New York, confessed to stealing packages as far back as April – and most recently in June – from the mail room at the Winston apartments on Chubb Avenue, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. Nearly $1,000 worth of stolen items included a laptop and several pair of pricey name-brand sneakers, Auteri said. Detective Geoff Rejent identified and located Cuartas – who still has family at the Winston…

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Pedestrian, 79, Struck, Killed By Food Delivery Vehicle In Fairview Pedestrian, 79, Struck, Killed By Food Delivery Vehicle In Fairview
Pedestrian, 79, Struck, Killed By Food Delivery Vehicle In Fairview A 79-year-old Fairview resident was struck and killed by a food delivery driver's vehicle as she crossed a busy street Friday night. The victim was crossing Bergen Boulevard at Kamena Street when she was struck by the southbound vehicle shortly after 7:30 p.m., Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit joined Fairview police, the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. The driver was brought to police headquarters, where he was interviewed by d…

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Victim Struck In Face With Airsoft Pellet In Westwood, Drive-By Shooter In Custody, Police Say Victim Struck In Face With Airsoft Pellet In Westwood, Drive-By Shooter In Custody, Police Say
Victim Struck In Face With Airsoft Pellet In Westwood, Drive-By Shooter In Custody, Police Say A victim was struck in the face with airsoft pellets fired from a passing vehicle outside a Westwood restaurant Friday night, said authorities who had the accused shooter in custody. Kevin Corbett, 39, fired the pellet from a dark BMW on Center Avenue outside the Downtown Dhaba restaurant shortly before 7:30 p.m., responders said. The victim, who was wearing glasses, sustained facial injuries that didn't require hospitalization, Police Chief Michael Pontillo told Daily Voice. A Westwood police officer recognized the vehicle description and Hillsdale police took Corbett into custo…

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